Ian Clayton wrote:
>A pair of breeding Glossy Black-Cockatoos have been discovered in the
>Paluma Range to the north of Townsville. This is some 400 km north of
>all previous breeding records. The site is being kept under wraps at
I was extremely interested to hear about this. Way back in 1982 I walked
down the road from Paluma most of the way towards the main road, and at one
point I was in a Casuarina forest which looked very suitable for Glossy
Blacks and I found several examples of piles of broken Casuarina fruits
which to me looked exactly like what I expect to see from Glossys. At the
time I asked around to see if anyone knew of Glossys in the area, or if
Red-tails do a similar thing. I came up blank on both questions.
Seems incredible that such a large, relatively conspicuous bird could go
unnoticed for so long!
Chris Corben
PO Box 2323
Rohnert Park
CA 94927-2323
USA
707-584-8711
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